Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration detention, freed by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Trump’s clampdown on campus protests.
Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, sued the Trump administration for $20 million over his arrest and detention by immigration agents.
As he was being abducted by plainclothes ICE agents in March, Mahmoud Khalil told his wife Noor Abdalla to “call Amy,” his lawyer. In this exclusive interview, TRNN speaks to Amy Greer about receiving Abdalla’s phone call and the epic legal battle to free Khalil.